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News about E-Mail, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 30, 2015

Personal Tech Q&A on disabling Autoplay on Twitter; seeking alternatives to Adobe Acrobat; Tip of the Week on filters for sorting email. MORE

Jul. 28, 2015

Editors' Note on story regarding Hillary Rodham Clinton's use of personal email account as secretary of state and federal inquiry into whether classified information was sent using this account. MORE

Jul. 27, 2015

Republican presidential hopefuls give varying responses to allegations that Hillary Rodham Clinton may have used personal email account for classified government communications; some are immediately and stridently critical while others withhold comment, waiting to see how situation evolves. MORE

Jul. 25, 2015

Inspectors general of State Dept as well as United States intelligence agencies say they have found classified information contained in private email account used by Hillary Rodham Clinton while she served as secretary of state; investigators say information was classified at time it was sent, contrary to statements made by her campaign; findings raise more questions about Clinton using personal email during that time, although it is unclear whether Clinton herself sent or received emails in question. MORE

Jul. 24, 2015

Two inspectors general ask Justice Department to open criminal inquiry into whether sensitive government information was put at risk via Hillary Clinton's private email account during her time as secretary of state; request follows assessment showing Clinton's private account contained potentially hundreds of classified emails. MORE

Jul. 12, 2015

Teddy Wayne Future Tense column holds that trend of long, personal email correspondence popular in the 1990s has been replaced by communicating via texting and social media. MORE

Jul. 1, 2015

State Dept releases batch of emails from Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state that cover range of everyday events and serious matters of state unrelated to terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya; release is first of series, which was ordered by judge who rejected department's plan to release emails all at once after review. MORE

Jun. 30, 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton reportedly prodded Sidney Blumenthal for more memos on Libya while she was secretary of state, documents that she has previously categorized as unsolicited; Republicans plan to use missing emails to raise new questions about Clinton’s credibility ahead of 2016 presidential election. MORE

Jun. 28, 2015

Matt Richtel Applied Science column examines study published in journal Psychological Science that found text-based communications like email make individuals seem less intelligent and employable than when they convey their ideas verbally; notes that findings imply phone calls and in-person meetings may be best bet to impress prospective employer. MORE

Jun. 27, 2015

New York private investigator Eric Saldarriaga, who was convicted on charges of illegally hacking email accounts, is sentenced to three months in prison, despite questions about prosecution's handling of case. MORE

Jun. 26, 2015

State Dept says Hillary Rodham Clinton failed to hand over 15 emails that were sent or received during her tenure as Secretary of State, raising new questions about whether she deleted work-related emails from private account; messages are said to be between Clinton and close confidant Sidney Blumenthal; disclosure opens door for Republican lawmakers to become more deeply involved in issue. MORE

Jun. 16, 2015

Sidney Blumenthal, former adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton, provides committee investigating 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, with emails he exchanged with her during her tenure as secretary of state; emails include information about weapons that were circulating in Libya and about security situation in Benghazi before attacks. MORE

Jun. 7, 2015

Mikhail Iossel explains why he clung to snail mail letters home to his family after emigrating to United States from Russia in mid 1990s and why immediacy of email made him uncomfortable following life in Soviet Union. MORE

Jun. 7, 2015

Valeria Luiselli describes unreliability of Internet connection at boarding school she attended in Maharashtra, India, and high emotions surrounding possibility of losing emails to one's family. MORE

Jun. 7, 2015

Samanth Subramanian recounts using nascent Internet and email to assuage his homesickness and keep in contact with high school girlfriend after leaving India for college in United States in 1999. MORE

May. 23, 2015

New York Gov Andrew M Cuomo's administration ends practice of automatically deleting state employees' emails after 90 days, policy that drew widespread criticism; it is rare instance of Cuomo's administration bowing to public criticism. MORE

May. 22, 2015

State Dept is set to release first batch of emails from Hillary Clinton's private email address during her tenure as secretary of state; emails focus on events in Libya and have been turned over to committee investigating 2012 attacks in Benghazi. MORE

May. 20, 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton urges State Dept to quickly release 55,000 pages of emails from her tenure as secretary of state, coming just after federal Judge Rudolph Contreras rejected department's plan to disseminate some emails by 2016 and ordered 'rolling production' of records. MORE

Apr. 26, 2015

Russian hackers obtained access in 2014 to email archives of White House workers as well as State Dept's unclassified system that contained some of Pres Obama's email correspondence; administration officials say no classified networks were compromised and no classified information was acquired, but acknowledge that highly sensitive information could have been accessed. MORE

Apr. 15, 2015

Records show that Hillary Rodham Clinton was asked by congressional investigators in December 2012 whether she used personal email to conduct business while serving as secretary of state, but did not reply to question; question was posed again in March 2013, two months after Clinton left office, but was again ignored; revelation sets up first test of Clinton's presidential campaign. MORE

Apr. 4, 2015

Ferguson, Mo, releases complete content of racist emails sent by chief court clerk and two police supervisors that were noted in Justice Dept report. MORE

Apr. 2, 2015

Personal Tech Q&A on how to gauge who is viewing a Twitter account; duplicating addresses from Yahoo Mail in Gmail account; Tip of the Week on managing Mozilla Firefox browser extensions and plug-ins. MORE

Apr. 1, 2015

Rep Trey Gowdy, chairman of House committee investigating attacks in Benghazi, Libya, asks Hillary Rodham Clinton for private interview regarding her exclusive use of private email account when she was secretary of state; Clinton says she wants to give her testimony publicly. MORE

Mar. 31, 2015

The Guardian reports Australian immigration department accidentally emailed personal information, including passport numbers, about Pres Obama and 30 other world leaders to an international sports committee employee; email was quickly deleted and protocols to limit further breaches have been strengthened. MORE

Mar. 28, 2015

Examination of server that housed Hillary Rodham Clinton's personal email account during her tenure as secretary of state shows that there are no copies of any emails she sent during her time in office. MORE

Mar. 23, 2015

Trove of private emails turned over by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to House committee investigating 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, reveals her concern for political fallout after episode; messages do not substantiate Republican accusations that Clinton issued 'stand down' order to halt response to violence, but do contradict her claim that she made it her practice to email aides on their government email addresses. MORE

Mar. 22, 2015

Op-Ed article by author Delia Ephron notes high-profile instances of hacking of large corporations has made her more careful about what she writes in email messages, and has created general air of anxiety. MORE

Mar. 19, 2015

State Dept has been asked by the National Archives and Records Administration to explain the management of Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails during her term as secretary of state; request includes stipulation that agency also describe plans to retrieve any federal records possibly deleted from her private server. MORE

Mar. 18, 2015

State Dept says it has no record that Hillary Rodham Clinton, or two secretaries of state before her, signed form stating that they had no government records in their possession when they left office. MORE

Mar. 15, 2015

Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column pens open letter to Hillary Clinton, in light of fact that open letters to secretive and duplicitous regimes are in vogue; underscores importance of preserving historical records; criticizes Clinton's defense of her decision to use private email server during her tenure as secretary of state; suggests Clinton is hoping desire for woman president will trump her inappropriate behavior. MORE

Mar. 14, 2015

State Dept acknowledges patchwork system for preserving senior officials' emails and that it largely relied on individual employees to determine whether emails were public records; revelations suggest that some emails from Hillary Rodham Clinton to other department officials may have been lost altogether; system reflects broad confusion throughout government agencies as they try to catch up to digital age. MORE

Mar. 14, 2015

Newly released records show Jeb Bush, who rebuked Hillary Clinton over her private email account while working at the State Dept, took seven years to fully comply with Florida statute requiring him to turn over emails he sent and received as governor. MORE

Mar. 13, 2015

Administration of New York State Gov Andrew M Cuomo shocks Albany by revealing extant policy under which all government emails are automatically deleted after 90 days; Cuomo concedes willingness to consider change after lawmakers express outrage and scramble to introduce bills that would preserve communications for seven years; policy highlights distinctly clandestine streak in Cuomo's management style. MORE

Mar. 13, 2015

Supporters of Hillary Clinton in crucial primary state of New Hampshire say they are bracing themselves for what is likely to be a bumpy ride in her expected 2016 presidential bid; say furor over personal email account indicates personal animosity she is likely to face in campaign. MORE

Mar. 13, 2015

Historians and biographers mourn trove of information that was lost when Hillary Clinton divulged destruction of more than 30,000 personal emails from her tenure as secretary of state; incident is example of how advance of technology has made digital information more ephemeral and easy to destroy, all but eliminating some of the richest sources used by historians in previous centuries. MORE

Mar. 13, 2015

Jim Dwyer About New York column suggests that Hillary Rodham Clinton email controversy has prompted New York Gov Andrew Cuomo to address antiquated policies regarding state employee emails; notes that one policy requiring deletion of emails after 90 days is based on outdated technology, but another policy that lawmakers are not required to retain emails is deliberate attempt to conceal government business. MORE

Mar. 12, 2015

Political Memo; some former government officials are skeptical about Hillary Rodham Clinton's claims she did not email at least some classified material while secretary of state, saying that federal government has routinely overclassified information for years. MORE

Mar. 12, 2015

Some United States Senators, including John McCain, Orrin G Hatch and Charles E Schumer, only rarely use email; in some Congressional circles, personally avoiding having to hanlde one's email is viewed as an ultimate status symbol. MORE

Mar. 12, 2015

Gail Collins Op-Ed column examines e-mail crisis that has alarmed liberals in lead-up to Hillary Clinton's expected presidential bid; observes scandal is in line with previous mistakes by Clinton, and that voters should not expect a 'new' version of her in 2016; holds she is at her best when discussing practical matters of state, and that her supporters can only hope that this best self shines during her campaign. MORE

Mar. 12, 2015

Farhad Manjoo State of the Art column highlights start-up Slack as best example of communication system that has potential to rival, and possibly supplant, reliance on email, particularly in workplaces; isolates certain features that reflect co-founder Stewart Butterfield's vision of office, such as way majority of communications are visible to everyone in a company, to enhance collaboration and transparency. MORE

Mar. 11, 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton, in news conference about her exclusive use of private email account while secretary of state, says she 'fully complied with every rule' and turned over to State Dept emails concerning government business; says she deleted emails about private matters. MORE

Mar. 11, 2015

News Analysis; Hillary Rodham Clinton's news conference explaining her use of private email to conduct business while secretary of state quickly turned into repartee of sharp questions and increasingly defensive answers, both in what she said and in her demeanor in saying it; she turned to lawyerly argument and asked public to trust her, before walking off stage as reporters asked more questions. MORE

Mar. 11, 2015

Frank Bruni Op-Ed column questions why Hillary Rodham Clinton seemed put out in press conference about her decision to only use private email address during her tenure as secretary of state, given that controversy was of her own making; laments that episode is very typical of what nation has come to expect from the Clintons; suggests that Clinton's worst enemy during quest for Democratic presidential nomination will be herself. MORE

Mar. 10, 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton is reportedly considering holding news conference to address her use of a private email account to conduct official business while serving as secretary of state; Clinton is expected to announce her run for the presidency and issue has prompted questions from critics. MORE

Mar. 9, 2015

Republicans like Rep Trey Gowdy are seizing on issue of Hillary Rodham Clinton's use of private email address during her tenure as secretary of state; Democrats remain on defensive, in light of Clinton's status as presumed frontrunner in party's contest for presidential nominee for 2016. MORE

Mar. 8, 2015

Pres Obama says he was unaware that Hillary Rodham Clinton used private email system for official correspondence during her years as part of his administration; Obama says that Clinton's willingness to put those emails forward is positive step toward transparency. MORE

Mar. 8, 2015

Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column observes that minor controversy over official portrait of Pres Bill Clinton sparked by artist Nelson Shanks's admission that he included hidden detail is reminder that everything about Clintons is convoluted; notes that this can be seen in controversy over Hillary Rodham Clinton's email habits as secretary of state; questions why this must always be the case. MORE

Mar. 6, 2015

Former Sec of State Hillary Clinton, facing controversy, asks State Dept to review and release emails from private account that she used exclusively while in office; public disclosure was the result of chain of events that began with departmental review of documents related to the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. MORE

Mar. 6, 2015

Controversy over use of private email account by former Sec of State Hillary Rodham Clinton recalls atmosphere of friction and mutual distrust as the presidential rival joined Pres Obama's staff in 2009. MORE

Mar. 5, 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton had email domain registered to server linked to her home in Chappaqua, NY, in 2009, when she became secretary of state; private email allowed her to shield her correspondence, and getting account from her domain became status symbol within Clinton family's inner circle, bestowing prestige and closeness to her. MORE

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